2014-10-20
Soused
Scott Walker
By Maeve C.
Ronronner, the French word for purr, was Scott Walker’s first choice of title. Stephen O’Malley thought French listeners would find it too cute, so the collaboration with Sunn O))) became Soused instead, a word for being submerged in water.
Five years earlier, O’Malley and Greg Anderson had asked Walker to sing on Monoliths & Dimensions, and he declined. He approached them while writing the follow-up to Bish Bosch. In early 2014 the band brought their full stage equipment to his London studio space, and Walker produced the five long pieces with Peter Walsh, from “Brando” to “Lullaby”.
Sources
Rights-holder metadata (℗ 2014 4AD Ltd): release date October 20, 2014.Independent corroboration (seen via MusicBrainz web service): official releases dated 2014-10-20 for the United Kingdom and [Worldwide], and 2014-10-21 for the United States.
Gives October 21, 2014 (the US date, consistent with MusicBrainz); 4AD; producers Walker and Peter Walsh; early 2014 recording with Sunn O)))'s stage equipment in Walker's London studio space; 2009 Monoliths & Dimensions invitation; follow-up to Bish Bosch; Ronronner title anecdote; five tracks.